What are the different opinions sociologists have regarding childhood in the UK today? Flashcards
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Palmer (negative)
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- ‘toxic childhood’
2
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Margo and Dixon (negative)
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- reference recent studies showing that UK youth are near the top of the international league table for obesity, self-harm, drugs and alcohol, violence etc
3
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Aries and Shorter (functionalist March of Progress view regarding the position of children)
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- argue that children are better cared for, protected and cared for, enjoy better health and have more rights than previous generations
4
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Hillman (conflict theorist regarding gender inequalities among the position of children)
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- boys are more likely to be allowed to cross/ cycle on roads, use buses, and go out unaccompanied at nights
5
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Brannen (conflict theorist regarding ethnicity inequalities among the position of children)
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- carried out a study on 15-16-year-olds and found that Asian parents were more likely to be strict to their daughters
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Howard (conflict theorist regarding class inequalities among the position of children)
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- children born into poor families are more likely to:
- die in infancy/ childhood
- suffer longstanding illness
- be shorter
- fall behind in school
- be placed on the ‘at risk’ register
7
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Firestone and Holt (conflict theorists regarding inequalities between children and adults)
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- argue that many of the things functionalists see positively as for the care and protection of children are new forms of oppression and control
8
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Gittens (conflict theorists regarding inequalities between children and adults - age patriarchy)
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- uses the term ‘age patriarchy’ to describe inequalities between adults and children
9
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Hockey and James (conflict theorists regarding inequalities between children and adults - age patriarchy)
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- describe one strategy as acting up, acting like adults by doing things that children aren’t supposed to or by exaggerating their age
